This letter to Eilleen Chepenik from Martha Bauer refers to the photos of her aunt and uncle, Mathilde and Adolf Mondschein, and the parents of her husband Felix, Risa and Rudolf Bauer, that were donated to the collection. In it she also mentions the death of Risa and Rudolf Bauer in Auschitwz, and the unknown fate of her aunt and uncle who "were like parents to me." She also mentions that her sister, Claire, was still alive and living in Atlanta.
Photograph of 11-year old Joe Engel (left) with his 9-year old brother Peseach (Psach) taken in Zakroczym, Poland in 1938. Peseach would not survive the war. Photograph also appeared in a Post and Courier (Charleston, SC) article dated April 23, 1998.
Engel family photograph taken in a garden in Zakroczym, Poland in 1938 shortly before his aunt and cousin, Ruth and Fay Kadish, left for the states. Of the family members shown in the photograph only Joe, Ben Engel (brother), Irene Engel (sister) and Ruth and Fay Kadish would survive the war. Photograph also appeared in a Post and Courier (Charleston, SC) article dated April 23, 1998. 1st row, left to right: Joe Engel,__Bernstein (nephew, son of Rosa Bernstein),__Bernstein (nephew, Rosa's son),Peseach Engel (brother),Fay Kadish (cousin),__Engel (nephew, son of Raffi),Esther Engel (mother, nee Zylberstin),Chava Engel (sister-in-law, wife of Raffi). 2nd row, left to right: Hinda Engel (sister),Abraham Bernstein (brother-in-law, husband of Rosa),Rosa Bernstein (sister),__Engel (nephew, baby boy of Raffi's),Moishe Engel (father),Ben Engel (brother),Ruth Kadish (aunt),Raffi Engel (brother),Irene Engel (sister).
After immigrating to the Dominican Republic, Felix Bauer continued to try to secure visas for his parents. This telegram to Felix (from Vienna?) is apparently from his parents (eltern) urgently inquiring about their entry?
Photograph taken in Joe Engel's hometown May 1945, approximately one month after liberation. Joe returned there looking for survivors and found 2 of his brothers and one cousin. 1st row, left to right: Shlomo Liznewski (neighbor),unidentified neighbor (non-Jewish, Polish),Izak Engel (brother). 2nd row, left to right: 2 unidentified neighbors (non-Jewish, Polish),Joe Engel,Ben Engel (brother),Eli Engel (cousin).
Photograph taken in DP camp Zeilsheim, 1946. Left to right: Joe Engel,David Zryb (brother-in-law, married sister Irene after the war),Unidentified friend,Ben Engel (brother)
